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Piers Morgan: First Amendment 'Shouldn't Protect Vile Bigots' Like Phil Robertson
Big Journalism ^ | 12/19/2013 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 12/20/2013 2:29:41 AM PST by markomalley

At 9:30 a.m. on December 19th, CNN's Piers Morgan tweeted that the First Amendment "shouldn't protect vile bigots" like Phil Robertson.

And while making this claim, Morgan also reiterated his position that the Second Amendment "shouldn't protect assault rifle devotees." 

Twitchy.com posted Morgan's tweet, as well as one he sent six minutes earlier in he which typed, "Phil Robertson is not a 'victim of political correctness.' He's a victim of his own repulsively racist, homophobic bigotry." 

When defenders of Robertson's right to speak his mind took to Twitter to tell Morgan how the First Amendment works, Morgan hedged himself in by tweeting, "Calm down everybody. I'm merely exercising my own 1st Amendment freedom of speech rights to say Phil Robertson's a racist bigot." 

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: deportpiersmorgan; duckdynasty; gaystapo; homosexualagenda; philrobertson; piersmorgan
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To: markomalley
"CNN's Piers Morgan tweeted that the First Amendment "shouldn't protect vile bigots" like Phil Robertson"

Well Mr. Morgan, if religious discrimination is OK then what makes any other form of discrimination wrong?

61 posted on 12/20/2013 5:08:41 AM PST by circlecity
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To: markomalley

I love it when liberals like the alien Morgan pick and choose who should enjoy the protection of the Bill of Rights.


62 posted on 12/20/2013 5:11:51 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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To: markomalley

Does anyone know Piers Morgan’s response to Martin Bashir ?


63 posted on 12/20/2013 5:18:01 AM PST by Rock Eye Jack
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To: markomalley
Ah, some speech is more equal than other speech?

Piers, you are showing yourself to be either laughably ignorant, ruled by emotion, and incapable of reason... Or you are a truly evil person who longs for control over your fellow man.

64 posted on 12/20/2013 5:19:57 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: markomalley

"He's a victim of his own repulsively racist, homophobic bigotry."

Phil was just quoting scripture. Is Pierce really calling God a repulsively racist, homophobic bigot? We all meet our Maker one day, Pierce. Not a good idea to meet Him with that title on your lips.


65 posted on 12/20/2013 5:22:46 AM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Nik Naym

I had no idea who Jeremy Clarkson was or what he did until you posted that. I have never sent out Christmas cards. For him, I might make an exception.


66 posted on 12/20/2013 5:24:44 AM PST by meatloaf
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To: BlessedBeGod

Number me among the vile bigots then.


67 posted on 12/20/2013 5:27:50 AM PST by sport
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To: markomalley

Pierced Organ says whatever he’s told to say.


68 posted on 12/20/2013 5:35:41 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: markomalley

Keep running your mouth, Qiers, and an army won’t be enough to protect you.

Phil Robertson has ten times the following you have.


69 posted on 12/20/2013 5:51:53 AM PST by IronJack
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To: Arthur McGowan

You’re right, partially.
This is in fact the deliberate attempt by the Left to create a Brownshirt thugocracy.
This is willful incitement and abuse of power by numerous government officials at all levels.
In some cases by direct incitement and others by unconstitutionally structuring legal code to support aberrant behavior in an ongoing effort at social engineering.
If Mr. Soetoro is stupid enough to comment on this, no matter what he says, I’m sure a good lawyer could make a valid case to his direct involvement, albeit after the fact.
As far as A & E’s rights, they should be regarded as a ‘special needs’ individual and have adult supervision assigned.
They may have some sort of Morals clause or something in Robertson’s contract, but to expect other than him expressing his sincere view when asked is stupid.
Sure they have a right to decide how they will be represented by contractors and who they will do business with. So do ALL businesses.
If I have a private business, the government has no right to force me to do business with ANYONE. And if I discriminate then the marketplace will show whether that is correct or not.
Historically, homosexual is classified as DEVIANCY, right along with pederasty, bestiality, and necrophilia.
To force anyone to accept it against their beliefs IS a violation of their rights. IF the government does not then protect that individual, it IS a 1st Amendment issue.


70 posted on 12/20/2013 6:12:45 AM PST by jim999
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To: jim999

Good luck with any argument based on ANY negative proposition concerning homosexuality.


71 posted on 12/20/2013 6:16:40 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: markomalley
https://www.facebook.com/Philrobertsonsupport

72 posted on 12/20/2013 6:17:40 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: markomalley

Wait...was anyone accusing Robertson of making racist statements, or is Morgan just throwing that into the pile?


73 posted on 12/20/2013 6:26:52 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: markomalley

If it was the exclusive, natural order of things
mankind would have been extinct in one generation.


74 posted on 12/20/2013 7:03:21 AM PST by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: markomalley
I agree with Piers Morgan. “Vile bigots” like Piers Morgan need to be deported to North Korea. There, Kim Jong-un will recognize his obvious talents.
75 posted on 12/20/2013 7:30:19 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: jospehm20
Why does this Limey pillow biter keep trying to tell Americans what our Bill of Rights should and should not protect?

You have a way with words! LOL

76 posted on 12/20/2013 7:32:31 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: markomalley

Can we deport this pig already?


77 posted on 12/20/2013 8:06:55 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: fwdude

Britain won’t take him back.


78 posted on 12/20/2013 8:08:10 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: markomalley

The left needs a taste of their own medicine if they try to ban free speech. A good start would be deporting this liberal twit back to the police state he came from.


79 posted on 12/20/2013 9:45:00 AM PST by Grandma Conservative (Take back the GOP Now, not in two years or be prepared to vote RINO once again.)
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To: jospehm20

Why is this Morgan still here? Is he even an American citizen? If not, he needs to STFU about our rights and go back to where he came from!


80 posted on 12/20/2013 9:47:54 AM PST by Batman11 (Obama is not American.. he has no clue what it is to be American.)
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